Your Canva presentation is ready to go and everyone is waiting.
Take a deep breath. It's time to nail that delivery.
A great visual informs, but, of course, often things still need to be explained.
That's where you, the presenter, comes in.
Being organized with notes on hand means you can relax
and engage with the audience while presenting.
From any page, select your notes.
Here you can type to add any prompts, keywords, facts and figures,
or any questions for the audience.
Notes are only seen by the presenter.
Click to present and choose your present mode.
Standard allows control of pace.
Each slide progresses when the presenter clicks the mouse or taps the arrow keys.
Autoplay is exactly that the slides will advance at the speed as decided here.
Presenter view is available in any Canva presentation template.
Selecting this will prompt Canva to open 2 windows.
Conference rooms and lecture theaters will commonly provide 2 monitors
or perhaps it's a presentation over Zoom and you have a laptop and monitor.
The main screen shows the presenter's view with a timer,
controls, and the presenter notes.
The second audience window is one that can be
moved to the monitor that's being shared and is what the audience will see.
When ready, click Enter full screen on this.
Hit the Escape key at any point to exit these views.
Have an icebreaker session to kick things off.
During a presentation, tap any number key
to give people minutes to introduce themselves to one another.
Any number from 1-9 begins a handy countdown timer.
Tapping zero will let everyone know that time is running out
or tap the same number key again to close the timer.
Let's discover some more fun in presentation mode.
The O key floats bubbles up the screen.
Audience getting rowdy? Tapping Q will tell everyone to shh.
Making an exciting announcement?
Then tap D to create tension with a drum roll.
Like this.
C releases some celebratory confetti
and B blurs the presentation if you need people to focus on you, not the screen.
To make the presentation a whole lot more interactive from the present screen,
start a Canva Live session.
This will open up instructions for the audience.
Direct them to open Canva Live in a browser and type in the code.
From there, they will be presented with a chat screen
where they can interact while you're presenting
by typing questions, comments, or reacting with emojis.
Presenting asynchronously?
Record yourself talking over a presentation
to share with students, friends, or colleagues.
Select the ellipses button and choose Present and record.
Go to your Recording studio, set up and allow access.
When ready, click Start recording.
After a brief countdown, start recording yourself as you present.
At any time, pause for a break.
And when you're done, just end recording.
At the end, you'll be provided with a link or some options to save or download the recording.
Sharing presentations is a great way to follow up with a client or student.
Sending a Canva document link is handy and easy.
Just click to share and select whether that person will be able to edit,
use the document as a template, or simply view the presentation.
Alternatively, download the presentation here.
A PDF is a standard format for emailing multi-page documents.
Click the ellipsis button to view other ways you can publish your presentation.
Turning a presentation into a website means that the website will be online
and can be shared with a link.
Why is this useful?
Because all the audience needs is internet access
and with 1 click, they'll see the complete presentation.
Presentation mode here will emulate the presentation in Canva
or experiment with settings to create a scrolling site or add navigation.
Another option is to share the presentation as a PowerPoint document
for events requiring that specific file type.
We all know the feeling of being at an event
with a lineup of speakers waiting for presenters to switch over
and get their files organized.
A Canva playlist compiles individual designs into a single presentation.
From the home page, click here to see file options.
Move each design into a new common folder,
then from all your folders, select your folder and present like this.
Reorder files and tick or untick to include them.
This combines designs into a single presentation
with a nice, transitional slide to separate each
and you can still use Presenter view here.
The only thing better than designing the perfect presentation is nailing its delivery.
Use all the presentation tools in Canva to feel in control
and to engage and impress your audience.
Deep breath. You've got this.